📏 Form Guide

Alaves

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Alaves, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 La Liga victory against Girona FC.

In that game, Alaves had 36% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Alaves was Carlos Vicente (61'). Girona got 15 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Alaves have been involved. In terms of the goal attribution from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 while Alaves totted up 5. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, of course.

Coming into this clash, Alaves have not won against Real Madrid in their previous 6 league matches.

Real Madrid

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Arsenal in Champions League action, Real Madrid and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Real Madrid had 47% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Arsenal got 12 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Declan Rice (58', 70') and Mikel Merino (75') scored for Arsenal.

Indicating their appetite for action-packed encounters, we’ve had goals 23 times in the previous six matches in which Real Madrid have played, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 13 from this total.

Heading into this fixture, Real Madrid have not been beaten by Alaves when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 23/01/2021 shows that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Alaves. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever while Real Madrid have simply been better than them, running out winners in 100 per cent of those games played.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The last league clash between these sides was La Liga match day 7 on 24/09/2024 when it ended Real Madrid 3-2 Alaves.

On that occasion, Real Madrid had 69% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Lucas Vázquez (1'), Kylian Mbappé (40') and Rodrygo (48').

At the other end, Alaves had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Carlos Benavídez (85') and Kike García (86') scored.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz.

🗞️ Team News: Alaves

It’s our opinion that Babazorros will possibly use the 4-4-2 system and select Jesus Owono, Nahuel Tenaglia, Abdelkabir Abqar, Santiago Mourino, Manuel Sanchez, Carlos Vicente, Antonio Blanco, Joan Jordan, Carles Alena, Carlos Martin and Kike Garcia.

📰 Team News: Real Madrid

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has to currently contend with reduced team options. Ferland Mendy (Muscle injury), Dani Ceballos (Muscle injury), Éder Militão (Cruciate ligament tear) and Daniel Carvajal (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, Los Blancos seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vazquez, Aurelien Tchouameni, Raul Asencio, Francisco Garcia, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Alaves will have to perform well to put one past this Real Madrid team who will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Real Madrid at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 14:02 13/04/2025